100  Famous 
Si^iatures 


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FORELWORD 


WE  send  this  little  booklet  to  our  friends  as  a  reminder  of 
and  an  inspiration  from  the  hundred  famous  men  and 
women  whose  signatures  it  contains.     For  handwriting 
is  the  most  intimate  expression   of  the   personality   of   those 
with  whom  we  cannot  converse. 

As  these  signatures  reveal,  some  men  have  become  great  in 
spite  of  their  bad  handwriting.  Nevertheless,  we  have  ^ill  to 
learn  of  one  to  whom  an  illegible  hand  was  an  asset. 

Everyone  who  reads  a  letter,  or  even  a  signature,  swiftly  judges 
the  character  of  the  writer  from  his  handwriting.  This  judg- 
ment is  all  the  more  decisive  because  it  is  as  a  rule  perfectly 
unconscious;  and  it  is  all  the  more  to  be  considered  because  it 
is  so  likely  to  be  inaccurate  and  unjust. 

Good  penmanship  does  not  primarily  depend  upon  the  form 
or  slant  of  the  letters.  It  does  not  even  depend  upon  the  way 
the  pen  is  held,  although  both  affedt  the  ease  and  speed  of 
writing.  Clear  readable  handwriting  depends  only  upon  the 
will  and  desire  of  the  writer  to  be  helpful  to  the  person  who 
is  to  read  what  he  writes. 

In  defense  of  Shakespeare  and  many  others  whose  names  are 
in  this  book,  it  muft  be  remembered  that  the  ^eel  pen  was 
not  invented  until  early  in  the  nineteenth  century,  and  that 
^eel  pens  were  not  produced  in  any  quantity  in  the  United 
States  until  1858.  In  that  year  Richard  Esterbrook  e^ab- 
lished  in  Camden,  New  Jersey,  the  company  which  bears 
his  name,  and  which  has  devoted  itself  for  66  years  to  the 
manufacture  of  ^eel  pens. 

Today,  with  all  the  aid  which  a  fine  ^eel  writing  instrument  can 
provide,  there  is  no  longer  an  excuse  for  unreadable  handwrit- 
ing. And  there  is  an  E^erbrook  ^eel  pen  specially  designed 
and  made  to  fit  the  individual  requirements  of  every  writer. 

American  business  men  nowadays  pride  themselves  on  their 
application  of  the  Golden  Rule  in  business  transactions. 
Needed, — an  application  of  the  Golden  Rule  to  penmanship: 
"Write  to  others  as  you  would  that  others  should  write  to  you ! 

THE  ESTERBROOK  STEEL  PEN  M'F'G.  CO. 
CAMDEN,  .  .  .  NEW  JERSEY 


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U.  S.  PRESIDENTS 


GEORGE  WASHINGTON 

1732-1799.     1st  President  of  the  U.  S. 

JOHN  ADAMS 

1735-1826.    2nd  President  of  the  U.  S. 


THOMAS  JEFFERSON 

1743-1826.    3rd  President  of  the  U.  S. 


JAMES  MONROE 

1758-1831.    5th  President  of  the  U.  S. 

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JOHN  QUINCY  ADAMS 

1767-1848.     6th  President  of  the  U.  S. 


ANDREW  JACKSON 

1767-1845.    7th  President  of  the  U.  S. 

MARTIN  VAN  BUREN 

1782-1862.    8th  President  of  the  U.  S. 


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JOHN  TYLER 

1790-1862.     10th  President  of  the  U.  S. 

ZACHARY  TAYLOR 

1784-1850.     12th  President  of  the  U.  S. 


ABRAHAM  LINCOLN 

1809-1865.     16th  President  of  the  U.  S. 


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ULYSSES  S.  GRANT 

1822-1885.     18th  President  of  the  U.  S. 


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JAMES  A.  GARFIELD 

183M881.    20th  President  of  the  U.  S. 


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GROVER  CLEVELAND 

1837-1908. 

22nd  and  24lh  President 

of  the  U.  S. 


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BENJAMIN  HARRISON 

1833-1901.    23rd  President  of  the  U.  S. 


WILLIAM  McKINLEY 

1843-1901. 

25th  President  of  the  U.  S. 


THEODORE  ROOSEVELT 

1858-1919.    26th  President  of  the  U.  S. 


WILLIAM  H.  TAFT 

1857.    27th  President  of  the  U.  S. 


WOODROW  WILSON  ^^ 

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28th  President  of  the  U.S.  1913-1921 


WARREN  G.  HARDING 

1865-1923.    29th  President  of  the  U.  S. 


CALVIN  COOLIDGE 

1872.    30th  President  of  the  U.  S. 


POETS  AND  AUTHORS 

WILUAM  SHAKESPEARE 

1564-1616.     English  poet  and  playwright 


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JOHN  MILTON 

1608-1674.    English  poet 


SAMUEL  JOHNSON 

1709-1784.    English  writer  and  lexicographer 

OUVER  GOLDSMITH 

1728-1774.    English  poet  and  novelist 


JAMES  BOSWELL 

1 740- 1 795 .    English  biographer 


ROBERT  BURNS 

1759-1796.    Scottish  poet 


WILUAM  WORDSWORTHl 

1770- 1 850.    English  poet 

SIR  WALTER  SCOTT 

1771-1832.    Scottish  poet  and  novelist 

WASHINGTON  IRVING 

1 783- 1 859.    American  writer 


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LORD  BYRON 


1788-1824.    English  poet 


PERCY  BYSSHE  SHELLEY 

1792-1822.    English  poet 


THOMAS  CARLYLE 

1795-1881.    British  essayist,  historian  and  philosopher 


WILUAM  CULLEN  BRYANT  < 

1/94-1878.    American  poet 

THOMAS  CARLYLE 

1 795- 1 88  L    British  essayist,  historiar 

1/     JOHN  KEATS 

1 795- 1 82  L    English  poet 


VICTOR  HUGO 

1802-1885. 

French  poet,  dramatist  and  novelist 


ALEXANDRE  DUMAS 

1802-1870,     French  novelist  and  dramatist 


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RALPH  WALDO  EMERSON 

1803-1882.    American  poet  and  essayist 

NATHANIEL  HAWTHORNE 

1804-1864.    American  writer 

HENRY  W.  LONGFELLOW 

1807-1882.    American  poet 

JOHN  GREENLEAF  WHITTIER 

1807-1892.    American  poet 

ALFRED  TENNYSON 

1809-1892.    English  poet 

OUVER  WENDELL  HOLMES 

1 809- 1 894.     American  writer 

EDGAR  ALLEN  POE 

1809-1849.    American  poet  and  writer 


WILLIAM  MAKEPEACE  THACKERAY 

1811-1 863.     English  novelist 


HARRIET  BEECHER  STOWE  — ^^ 

181 1-1896.     Author  of  **Uncle  Tom's  Cabin  * 


CHARLES  DICKENS 
1812-1 870.    English  novelist 


WALT  WHITMAN  ^^ 

1819-1892.    American  poet 

JAMES  RUSSELL  LOWELL 

1819-1891.    American  author  and  diplomatist 


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MARIAN  G.  LEWES 
("George  Eliot") 

1819-1880.     English  novelist 


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SAMUEL  L.  CLEMENS 
("Mark  Twain") 


1835-1910.    Author  and  humorist 

JOHN  BURROUGHS 

1837,     American  poet  and  naturalist 


ROYALTY 


HENRY  VIII 

1491-1547.    King  of  England  1509-1547 


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ELIZABETH 

1533-1603.    Queen  of  England  1558-1603 


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MARY  STUART 

1542-1587.    "Mary  Queen  of  Scots" 


ARTISTS  AND  MUSICIANS 

I  i  REMBRANDT 

I  ^  1606-1669.    Dutch  painter 


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JOHN  SEBASTIAN  BACH 
1685-1750.     German  musical  composer 


SIR  EDWIN  LANDSEER 

1802-1873.    English  painter 


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JENNY  LIND 

18-0-1887.    Swedish  singer 


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VICTOR  HERBERT 

1859.    American  musician  and  composer 


EDWARD  A.  MacDOWELL 

1861-1908    American  musical  composer 


INVENTORS 


JAMES  WATT 

1736-1819.    Inventor  of  the  steam-engine 


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ROBERT  FULTON 

1765-1815.     Inventor  of  the   steamboat 


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SAMUEL  F.  B.  MORSE 

1791-1872.    Inventor  of  the  telegraph 

ALEXANDER  GRAHAM  BELL 

1847-1922.    Inventor  of  the  telephone 


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THOMAS  A.  EDISON 

1847.     Inventor  of  the  phonograph  and  many 
electrical  devices 


BUSINESS  MEN 


RICHARD  ESTERBROOK 

1813-1896    First  American  maker  of  steel  pens 


ANDREW  CARNEGIE 

1837-1919.     Captain  of  industry  and  philanthropist 


JAMES  J.  HILL 

1838-1916.    American  railway  capitalist 


HENRY  FORD 


1863.     Automobile  manufacturer 


GEORGE  J.  GOULD 

1864.     American  railway  capitalist 


RELIGIOUS  LEADERS 

JOHN  WESLEY 

1703-1791.     Founder  of  the  Methodist  Church 

HENRY  WARD  BEECHER 

1813-1887.    American  preacher  and  reformer. 


MARY  BAKER  G.  EDDY 

1 82  1- 1 9 1 0.     Founder  of  Christian  Science  Church 


SOLDIERS  AND  SAILORS 


OUVER  CROMWELL 

1599-1658.     Religious,  military  and  political 
leader  in  England 


JOHN  PAUL  JONES 

1747-1792.    American  Naval  Officer 


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MARQUIS  de  LAFAYETTE 

1757-1834.     French  soldier  and  statesman 


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HORATIO  NELSON 
(signature  with  right  hand) 


NELSON  &  BRONTE 

(signature  with  left  hand) 
1758-1805.    British  Naval  hero 


GIUSEPPE  GARIBALDI 

1807-1882.    Italian  soldier  and  patriot 


ROBERT  E.  LEE 

1807-1870.     Commander  of  Confederate  army 


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WILUAM  T.  SHERMAN 

1820-1891.    American  General 


PHILIP  H.  SHERIDi^N 

1831-1888.    American  General 


STATESMEN 


BENJAMIN  FRANKLIN 

1706-1790.    American  statesman  and  scientist 

CX^         JOHN  HANCOCK 

1737-1793.    American  statesman 

PATRICK  HENRY 

1737-1799.     American  statesman 


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JOHN  MARSHALL 

1755-1835.    Chief  Justice  of  Supreme  Court  1801-1835 


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ALEXANDER  HAMILTON 

1757-1804.    American  statesman 

DANIEL  WEBSTER 

1782-1852,    American  statesman 


JEFFERSON  DAVIS 

1808-1889.     President  of  Confederate  States 


WILUAM  EWART  GLADSTONE 

1809-1898.     British  statesman 

JOHN  HAY  /^ 

1838-1905.     American  statesman  and  author 


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ELIHU  ROOT 

1845.    American  statesman 


MISCELLANEOUS 


WILUAM  PENN 

1644-1718.     Founder  of  Pennsylvania 

CHARLES  DARWIN 

1809-1882.    English  naturalist 

DAVID  LIVINGSTONE 

1813-1873.     Ejcplorer  and  missionary  in  Africa 

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JULIA  WARD  HOWE 

1819-1910.    American,  author  and  reformer 


INTERESTING  FACTS  ABOUT  ^ 
ESTERBROOK    STEEL    PENS 


Richard  Esterbrook  was  the  first  maker  of  steel 
pens  in  America. 

The  steel  in  an  Esterbrook  Pen  is  of  as  fine  a 
quality  as  that  in  the  mainspring  of  a  watch. 

It  requires  nineteen  distinct  operations,  taking 
twenty-one  days,  to  make  a  single  Esterbrook  pen. 

The  Esterbrook  plant  at  Camden,  New  Jersey, 
turns  out  three-quarters  of  a  million  steel  pens  a 
day;  more  than  200,000,000  pens  a  year. 

Each  Esterbrook  pen  is  separately  examined  by  an 
expert  inspector  before  leaving  the  factory.  The 
slightest  imperfection  is  sufficient  cause  for  rejection; 
all  rejected  pens  are  destroyed. 

Esterbrook  pens  are  used  in  every  civilized  country 
in  the  world. 

The  Esterbrook  Pen  Manufacturing  Company, 
founded  by  Richard  Esterbrook  in  1858,  is  the 
oldest  and  largest  manufacturer  of  steel  pens  in  the 
United  States. 


Job  No.   042  Printed  in  U.  S.  A 


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WILL  SHAKESPEAREl; 
and  ANN  WOHAyf/SX, 


